Article V creates a two-stage process for amending the Constitution:proposal and ratification. An amendment can be proposed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress or... By two-thirds of state legislatures requesting Congress to call a national convention to propose amendments. 
        
             
        
        
        
Driving at 55 miles per hour saves gas
        
             
        
        
        
<span><span>The Electoral College is an example of <span>indirect </span>election, or a proces in which voters in an election do not actually choose between candidates for an office but rather elect persons who will then make the choice.</span><span>American presidential elections are not decided by popular vote.</span><span>The members of the Electoral College are divided by represented states and are scaled based on the population from each state.</span></span>
        
             
        
        
        
The Great Depression of 1929 devastated the U.S. economy. A third of all banks failed. 1 Unemployment rose to 25% and homelessness increased. 2 Housing prices plummeted 67%, international trade collapsed by 65%, and deflation soared above 10%.